The local government of Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, has stepped in to cancel a planned performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko at the prestigious Smetana Hall. Earlier in the week, officials declared that they … » Read

U.S. ensembles continue to champion new music with a trio of recent standouts. Julius Eastman Volume 3 The music of once-forgotten composer Julius Eastman, who died unremarked in a Buffalo hospital in 1990, continues to prove an especially rich … » Read

An analysis of gender parity and programming in Australian opera companies across 16 years from 2005 to 2020 makes for uncomfortable reading. As reported in The Conversation , researchers from University of Melbourne, RMIT University, and Edith … » Read

SALZBURG, Austria—The Salzburg Festival offers events in such profusion that each day can seem like a mini-festival in itself. With 179 performances (plus 34 more in its youth program) over 43 days, each day of the 2023 festival—the … » Read

Beth Morrison Projects has announced its 18th season, and it’s a doozy. For its latest offering, the New York-based producing company is taking its trademark cutting-edge opera and music-theatre to the wider U.S. and overseas in a notable … » Read

Last week, the Shanghai Grand Theater announced a timely return to presenting international events in 2023-24. The coming season marks the performing arts center’s 25 th anniversary, with 58 different productions and a total of 480 … » Read

Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and other record labels have sued the nonprofit Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its streaming collection of digitized music from vintage records. The labels' lawsuit filed in a … » Read

Adrian Daly, provost of the Colburn School in Los Angeles since 2015, died suddenly of a heart attack while traveling in Europe. He was 56 years old. “The Colburn community is heartbroken,” noted the school on a Facebook posting. … » Read

On Aug. 18 the San Francisco International Piano Festival launches a two-week series of solo recitals at a variety of venues in the area. Pianist Jeffrey LaDeur conceived the idea of a festival in 2017. “It seemed strange to me that there … » Read

NEW YORK (AP)—Renata Scotto, a soprano of uncommon intensity who became a successful director after her singing career, died Wednesday in her hometown of Savona, Italy. She was 89. Scotto’s New York-based manager, Robert Lombardo, … » Read